Combined rake and hay-fork.



No. 667,536. Patented Feb.-5, IQOI. W. L. .LEE.'

COMBINED BAKE AND HAY FORK.

(Application filed June 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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COMBINED RAKE AND HAY-FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,536, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed June 9, 1900. Serial No. 19,744:- (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pass Christian, in the county of Harrison and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Rake and Hay-Fork, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined rakes and hayforks; and its primary object is to provide a device of simple and durable construction, the parts of which may be readily detached and replaced.

To these ends the invention consists in providing a head, to which are detachably secured a handle socket and suitable braces therefor and having downwardly extending teeth of ordinaryconstruction. Forked tines are inserted into the front face of the head and are provided with threads which engage with the head and retaining-nuts.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the center thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the head, showing a tine in position therein.

Referring to said figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a handle fitted with a suitable socket 2, which is threaded at its forward end and projects into and engages with an aperture 3, formed Within arake-head at. A not 5 engages the end of the socket to retain the same in position, and braces 6 are bolted at opposite ends to the socket andhead, respectively. Rake-teeth 7, of ordinary construction, project downward from the head 4 sages 8 are formed within the head, and each is adapted to be engaged by the threaded end of an upwardly-curvedprong or tine 9, the

end of which extends through the head and is provided with a locking-nut 10, as shown. It is obvious that by this construction the device may be readily used for either of the purposes for which it is intended. In the event of injury or breakage of one of the prongs the same can be readily removed and replaced.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a head having transverse threaded passages therein; of athreaded socket engaging the central passage, a handle detachably secured within said socket, braces secured to the socket at one end and detachably connected to the head at their opposite ends, rake-teeth secured to and extending downward from the head in a plane at right angles to said handle, upwardlycurved tines, threaded ends thereto engagingthe remaining passages within the head, and means for locking said tines in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. LEE. Witnesses:

J os. SAUGIER, Tnos. E. SoHoRN. 

